Upper Falls, Georges River in Warren to Union town line, extending to Quantabacook Pond in Searsmont, Warren, Maine. County/parish: Knox.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 05, 1970. NRIS 70000048.
1 contributing site.
The Georges River Canal, also known as the General Knox Canal was a short-lived canal that operated on and near the course of the Saint George River in Knox and Waldo Counties in south-central Maine. First owned and operated by American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox between 1794 and 1806, it was briefly revived in 1847–50, but was not financially successful. It provided for transport of goods from near the river's headwaters in Searsmont to the head of navigation at Warren. A few elements of the canal survive today, and its route was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686472